Just Sharing This New Home Made C Band LNB Holder

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Made from aluminium it only took a couple of hours, it surprised me as I thought it was going to take a lot longer : )

The clamp was originally for a larger electrolytic.

I was inspired by images of one made by another member.

I have since painted it with silver paint.

God Bless Spiff


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Nice job mate ..
I do like to see a little application ..
I've made several 'versions' of Cband lnb mounts for my PF over the years..
One of which was indeed similar to yours using an electrolytic clamp ..
It was superceded by dual ..and later a triple lnb mount..
Currently the one in use ..
In truth I found it trickier to mount such 'beasts' on smaller offset dishes ..
and example here ..
The Aero Thread..
but I also mounted one on a TD110 ...which the recent winds almost ripped off..
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Looks good @Spiff . Funny, but just today I picked up some INOX clamps for C and Ku band LNBs. They come with rubber spacers which I just garbage and use only clamps.
 

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Looks good @Spiff . Funny, but just today I picked up some INOX clamps for C and Ku band LNBs. They come with rubber spacers which I just garbage and use only clamps.
Yep ..those are what I tend to use ..
Referred to as Pipe Hanger clamps I believe..
I leave the rubbers on tho ..as it helps make up the variation in diameter of a C band lnb feed
 
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Made from aluminium it only took a couple of hours, it surprised me as I thought it was going to take a lot longer : )
I need (to make) one exactly like that for a dish exactly like that... :)
Can you share a little detail of your bending and mending that went into bringing forth your creation?
 

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Good evening st1 from a chilly 1.4c Mullion Cove.

I used the original ku band bracket as a template.

As it is not a flat item I wrapped a piece of paper over the surface, then marked the outer shape and the three holes.

Also the centre of the ku band lnb hole.

Remember to make it larger that the original ku band one at the top, or the larger hole required will leave a left very thin amount of metal to the edge.

Pleases see image

I made that mistake and had to make a second one : )

I made the hole in the centre for the C band lnb by drilling a series of small hole all the way round, joining the holes with side cutters as it was aluminium.

Then a round and a have round file to finish off, standard stuff.

To make the bends I held the ku band bracket against the new one and made a pencil mark, popped it in the vice and hit it with a hammer close to the bend : )

The sizes are very rough as I made it by hand and have only measured it afterwards.

Niether have I tried it with the lnb powered up as of yet : )

Hope that is of some help.

On a recheck the distance at the top where the bends start is more like 48mm than 50.

God Bless Spiff

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